23 must-read fiction books like Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31) by George R.R. Martin

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Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31)

By: George R.R. Martin

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Superheroes and villains battle over the human heart in this delightful anthology featuring brand-n…

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1. Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim, #7)

By: Richard Kadrey

4.11

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Someone has tried to kill Death—ripping the heart right out of him—or rather the body he's inhabiti… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. The Perdition Score (Sandman Slim, #8)

By: Richard Kadrey

3.60

Format: 208 pages,

Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action an… read more

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3. Demons of the Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods, #2)

By: Jack L. Chalker

4.23

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

While the initial battle for Husaquahr has been won, dark forces are gathering to the south. *** On… read more

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4. The Kill Society (Sandman Slim, #9)

By: Richard Kadrey

4.17

Format: None pages, ebook

Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the in… read more

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5. Shadow & Claw (The Book of the New Sun #1-2)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

The Book of the New Sunis unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a … read more

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6. The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

4.25

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The characters are off on a diplomatic mission to another Spire. A bunch of representatives of vari… read more

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7. Sleep No More (October Daye, #17)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

October is very happy with her life as the second daughter of her pureblood parents, Amandine and S… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

Cover of Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5) by Ben Aaronovitch

9. Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

3.99

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator do… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"My decision to apply to be a special agent crept up on me some time between the case of the spontaneously exploding tractor and the cows that ate Paris, Arkansas."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)

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10. Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3)

By: K.J. Parker

4.33

Format: 12 pages, Audiobook

From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a heart-warming tale of peace, love, and batt… read more

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  • fantasy
"I always come back to Saloninus's definition of a sword - a piece of metal with a slave on both ends."

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (Corax Trilogy #3)

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11. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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12. Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia (Zoey Ashe, #3)

By: Jason Pargin

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival in the desert, which every year precedes t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17) by Steven Brust

13. Lyorn (Vlad Taltos, #17)

By: Steven Brust

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All The World's A Happy Stage. Until the knives come out... Lyorn is the newest adventure in Steven… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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14. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of An Inheritance of Magic (Inheritance of Magic #1) by Benedict Jacka

15. An Inheritance of Magic (Inheritance of Magic #1)

By: Benedict Jacka

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The super-rich control everything—including magic—in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fan… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2) by Max Gladstone

16. Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2)

By: Max Gladstone

4.35

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladsto… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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17. Blade of Dream (Kithamar, #2)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countle… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Long Past Dues (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #2) by James J. Butcher

19. Long Past Dues (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #2)

By: James J. Butcher

4.07

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

Grimsby, the newest Auditor in the magical Department of Unorthodox Affairs, finds himself in hot w… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1) by Cassandra Khaw

21. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.66

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story wi… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Julie felt its hunger ripple eover her, listened: It was waiting for the city to die. It would wait forever. It did not need this to come to pass now. It was used to waiting. It knew, in the way of g…"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

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22. Spider-Man: Life Story

By: Chip Zdarsky

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In 1962's Amazing Fantasy #15, fifteen-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • superheroes
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23. Skin Deep

By: Alan Brennert

4.06

Format: 32 pages, ebook

In Alan Brennert’s “Skin Deep,” we see for the first time the events of September 15, 1946 from the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31) by George R.R. Martin

24. Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31)

By: George R.R. Martin

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Superheroes and villains battle over the human heart in this delightful anthology featuring brand-n… read more

Similar categories in George R.R. Martin's Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31) book and George R.R. Martin's Pairing Up (Wild Cards #31)

  • urban fantasy
  • superheroes
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, #11) by Richard Kadrey

25. Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, #11)

By: Richard Kadrey

4.13

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

Sandman Slim is back in Los Angeles and kicking more supernatural ass in this inventive, high-octan… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Whoever said Hell is other people was wrong. Hell is other people in your house ."

-Richard Kadrey, Ballistic Kiss (Sandman Slim, #11)

Cover of Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10) by Richard Kadrey

26. Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

By: Richard Kadrey

4.30

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

Life and death takes on an entirely new meaning for half-angel, half-human hero James Stark, aka, S… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Proximity to normalcy is a nice turn of phrase; you ought do a needlepoint, frame it and shove it straight up your ass. Keep it there with the rest of your wisdom."

-Richard Kadrey, Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

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27. After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

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28. Hooked

By: A.C. Wise

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A gorgeous literary feminist take on what happened to Wendy and Captain Hook after Neverland from t… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Once invited, always welcome. Once invited, never free."

-A.C. Wise, Hooked

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29. Miracleman: The Silver Age

By: Neil Gaiman

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The wait is over! Decades in the making, Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and Mark Buckingham's (Fables) Mirac… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • superheroes
Cover of George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle: A Novel in Stories by Christopher Rowe

30. George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle: A Novel in Stories

By: Christopher Rowe

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien v… read more

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  • superheroes
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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31. George R. R. Martin Presents Wild Cards: Sins of the Father: A Graphic Novel

By: Melinda M. Snodgrass

3.66

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

A cop on the trail of a bizarre murder uncovers a hidden conspiracy—and shocking secrets about his … read more

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  • science fiction

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